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7616422 Over current protection circuit for power supplies  
An over current protection circuit provides over current protection (O.C.P) and short current protection (S.C.P) and can selectively operate in auto recover mode or latch off mode by replacing...
7595969 Undervoltage warning method, undervoltage warning circuit and switching power supply  
A method for identifying a cause for insufficiency of an output voltage reduced to or below an undervoltage set value comprises a first comparison step for comparing the output voltage to a fixed...
7583060 Protective circuit for a secondary battery pack and method of operating the same  
A protective circuit for a secondary battery pack advantageously having a simple circuit configuration while maintaining the safety of banks in the circuit. Each protective circuit has banks...
7573393 Integrated fault output/fault response delay circuit  
A time delay fault device includes an integrated circuit (IC) having an electronic circuit having a fault indicator signal output and a time delay circuit having an input connected to the fault...
7499252 Driver circuit  
A driver circuit for an electronic switch, the driver circuit having a first input for receiving a first control signal, and a second input for receiving a signal from a current sensor, the driver...
7468877 Overcurrent detection circuit and power supply apparatus provided therewith  
An overcurrent detection circuit that detects an overcurrent state of a transistor that outputs a current to a load is provided with a start-up monitoring portion that distinguishes between a...
7440246 Circuit interrupting apparatus with remote test and reset activation  
The present disclosure relates to resettable circuit interrupting devices and apparatus capable of being tested and reset from remote locations, and in particular to portable circuit interrupting...
7417840 Self-supplied electronic protection device for automatic circuit-breakers  
An electronic self-supplied protection device for automatic circuit-breakers that includes: a supply device that draws energy from the stretch of electrical network protected by said...
7408750 Methods of detecting arc faults characterized by consecutive periods of arcing  
An apparatus and method for detecting electrical arc faults that has reduced susceptibility to nuisance tripping. The apparatus includes a current sensor, an input sense circuit, an arcing sense...
7379284 Switching control circuit and self-excited DC-DC converter  
A self-excited DC-DC converter comprises a switching element that chops a direct-current input voltage; a smoothing circuit that smoothes the chopped voltage to generate a DC output voltage; a...
7376359 Digital regulated light receive module and regulation method  
The invention discloses a digital adjusting method for an optical receiver module, and the method implements real-time monitor of parameters, on-line adjustment and non-linear compensation. The...
7330343 Current-limiting protection circuit for a power supply  
The present invention discloses a current-limiting protection circuit for a power supply, which applies to a power supply that has a maximum power-limiting function, wherein the user will be...
7280338 Power supply circuit, back-pack power supply module and circuit interrupter including the same  
A back-pack power supply module is for a circuit interrupter including an elongated line conductor. The back-pack power supply module includes a housing having an opening therethrough. The opening...
7262574 Robot overcurrent prevention system  
In an overcurrent prevention system for a robot having links connected by joints and an electrical system including electric motors installed at the joint, a power circuit connecting the electric...
7245465 Voltage regulator  
A voltage regulator has an output circuit for producing from an input voltage a predetermined output voltage to be supplied to a load, an overcurrent protection circuit for preventing overcurrent...
7233470 Distance relay apparatus  
A distance relay apparatus includes a directional relay element which performs computation to detect a fault, which occurs in the forward direction from an installing point of the relay apparatus,...
7126802 Drive circuit for switching device  
A drive circuit 21 that controls a switching device 23 ON/OFF and a soft cutoff command circuit that gradually decreases the gate terminal voltage of the switching device 23 when short...
7064946 Electronic fuse  
An electronic fuse comprising an integrated circuit having a control output terminal coupled to a control electrode of a power semiconductor switching device, the power semiconductor switching...
7046155 Fault detection system  
A fault detection system detecting malfunctions or deteriorations, which may result in an inverter fault, is provided. The system has a temperature sensor installed on a semiconductor module to...
6999293 Safety device for a delta-connected three-phase electric appliance  
A safety device for use in conjunction with a delta-connected three-phase electric appliance. The electric appliance is supplied in a delta connection so that the loads ( 100, 101, 102 ) of the...
6952356 Adaptive over-current detection  
Disclosed are methods and apparatus for over-current detection in PWM power stages. Disclosed methods and apparatus provide over-current detection with adaptive filtering according to the pulse...
6909586 Circuit breaker voltage sensing module  
A combined current and voltage sensor includes: a combined sensor shell; a current sensor located in the combined sensor shell, the current sensor disposed proximate to said first load strap; and a...
6870723 Configuration comprising two contactors connected in series  
An arrangement includes two series-connected switching contacts in two contactors. The tripping signal thereof is generated with a variable time offset so that the number of disconnection processes...
6847532 System and method to eliminate the dead time influence in a pwm-driven system  
A system and method to eliminate the influence of Dead Time delay in a PWM driven system. The system is implemented using a switching control circuit to operate a pair of upper and lower switching...
6744612 Inrush current protection circuit  
The invention relates to an inrush current protection circuit for a power supply. The power supply includes a rectification circuit coupled to a main body of the power supply through an...
6717783 Short circuit power limiter  
The present invention provides a short circuit power limiter circuit having a current sensor and a power limiter. The short circuit sensor sends a short circuit flag signal to the power limiter...
6687106 Power module  
A power module including a self arc-extinguishing type semiconductor such as an IGBT and having a function to protect the semiconductor, i.e., to protect the IGBT against a short-circuit current....
6683765 Switching power unit  
In a switching power unit for performing an overcurrent protecting operation by shortening a switching pulse, an oscillation frequency changing circuit drops an oscillation frequency of an...
6654216 Distributed monitoring and protection system for a distributed power network  
A distributed monitoring and protection system for a distributed power network. The system includes a plurality of high-speed measuring units (MUs), wherein each MU is coupled to a power line to...
6646849 Digital power inverter and method of controlling the same  
A digital electric power inverter comprising: a CPU, a PWM driving circuit, a PWM converting circuit, a rectifying circuit, an AC driving circuit, a DC/AC inverting circuit, a plurality of...
6646450 Method and apparatus for near losslessly measuring inductor current  
The present invention provides an improved measuring circuit for measuring a current of an inductor with minimum losses and errors. According to one embodiment of the invention, the measuring...
6639777 Electronic timer switch  
A timer switch for suspending the application of a direct current input voltage to a load upon the detection of a voltage irregularity in the input voltage. The timer switch includes a transistor...
6603649 Electronic tripping device for a circuit breaker  
An electronic tripping device for a circuit breaker contains circuitry for simulating the response curve of a fuse. This circuitry can be controlled by a single setting mechanism representing the...
6590757 Method and apparatus for detecting and suppressing a parallel arc fault  
Electrical equipment ( 14 ) is safeguarded from damage due to parallel arc faults by a circuit that provides several levels of protection. A semiconductor switch ( 18 ) and a current sensor ( 24 )...
6542345 Circuit breaker  
In order to provide a circuit breaker, in particular a residual-current circuit breaker or residual-current device, having a variable time delay, which firstly has a stable no-trip response to...
6534991 Connection tester for an electronic trip unit  
A trip unit connection tester ( 10 ) is arranged to test the electrical connections ( 12 ) and ( 14 ) between a trip unit ( 16 ) and actuator ( 18 ) mounted within a circuit breaker ( 20 ). Tester...
6532405 Method for detecting a locked axle on a locomotive AC traction motor  
An exemplary embodiment of the invention is a method for detecting a potentially locked axle on a vehicle propelled by an AC motor. The method includes conducting a speed test by estimating axle...
6522509 Arc fault detection in ac electric power systems  
Arc faults in ac electric power systems including aircraft 400 Hz and other such ac electrical systems are detected by an arc fault detector generating a time attenuated cumulative sum of amounts...
6512380 Contactor and trip circuit therefor  
A contactor includes a switching circuit for switching a load between one or more electrical supplies, a current detector for detecting the current flowing through the load, a trip circuit for...
6507654 Line interface battery feed arrangements with PTC resistors  
A telephone line interface circuit is disclosed that functions with use of PTC resistors so that temperature increases within the battery feed resistors is minimized. Utilizing current and voltage...
6400544 Current limiting using capacitor charge measurement  
Current limiting using capacitor charge measurement to limit the supply current or load current of a circuit, or the current flowing through a device or switch, to prevent the time average current...
6392422 Monitoring insulation and fault current in an A/C current network to provide load shutoff whenever differential current exceeds a certain response value  
A method and device for monitoring insulation and fault current in an electrical alternating current network. The differential current formed by vectorial addition is detected between at least two...
6388854 Load balancing and distributing switch-on control for a circuit breaker, an appliance, a device, or an apparatus  
The present invention is a load balancing and distributing switch-on/turn-on control for a circuit breaker, an appliance, a device, or an apparatus wherein each switch-on device on a circuit...
6381113 Leakage current protection device adapted to a wide variety of domestic and international applications  
A leakage current protection device, such as a ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI), is provided that can be used in single phase or polyphase systems, with a range of input voltages from 70 to...
6380722 Method to increase the efficiency of a power switching device  
A method for limiting a switching current and limiting a voltage drop across a circuit includes the steps of limiting a current sent from a power source to a switching device during a turn on time...
6369533 Piloting circuit for an inductive load in particular for a DC electric motor  
A piloting circuit comprises a circuit branch which is intended to be connected to a DC voltage supply source in such a way as to receive a voltage of predetermined polarity, and in which the...
6356425 Timer-thermal-overload shutoff apparatus  
A timer-thermal shutoff apparatus can control and protect an electrical appliance. The timer-thermal shutoff apparatus comprises a housing; male connector extending from the housing; female...
6356423 Soild state protection circuit for electrical apparatus  
Electrical equipment is safeguarded from damage due to faults by a circuit that provides several levels of protection. A semiconductor switch and a current sensor are placed in series with the...
6330141 Electronic protective relay with variable and fixed delay tally time of current protection  
An electronic protective relay emulates an electromechanical protective relay so that operation of the two types of relays can be coordinated in providing protection in an electric power...
6324041 Protection circuit for traveling wave tubes having multiple input tones  
A protection circuit (30) for a Traveling Wave Tube having multiple tone operation. The protection circuit (30) is a dual sensor (52, 54) arrangement. One sensor (52) is an operational amplifier...
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